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Rising Stars: 40 Under 40
The Next Generation of Political Leaders in New York |
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City Hall
Profiles by John Desio, Edward-Isaac Dovere, Matt Elzweig, Andrew Hawkins, Adam Pincus, Dan Rivoli, and Becca Tucker.
All photos by Andrew Schwartz
September 17th, 2007
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In compiling our second annual list of political rising stars, City Hall drew on nominations from across the government and political community living and working throughout New York City and State. Scores of nominations came in for elected officials at every level of government, but scores also came in for the staffers, activists, consultants, lobbyists and many others who power New York’s political world. |
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And these nominations were more than on-the-run Blackberry emails or rushed phone calls. Most nominations were at least effusive, extensive paragraphs. Many were emails that, if printed, would have run over multiple pages.
Winnowing these down to just 40 was no easy task. We carefully considered each recommendation we received, basing the final determinations on the sources of the nominations, the number of nominations received, the content of the nominations and our independent evaluation of the nominations from other information available.
The criteria came down to two questions:
1) Who are the New Yorkers under 40 involved in government and politics who have had the most impressive professional accomplishments in the past year?
2) Of those, whose professional political ascent seems to have only just begun?
Some elected officials from last year’s list reappear this year. Some do not. Those who did were judged in the same pool as all the rest, and we are proud to honor those who earned spots on the list again.
All the winners were asked the same three questions about how they got where they are and where they are going. All were asked to select a nickname for themselves. Their answers, as they gave them, are provided with each profile. They were randomly grouped for the photographs, as their schedules allowed.
The first nominations for this year’s list came in the day we closed last year’s. Already we have received suggestions for the 2008 rising stars, and we hope we will soon see more. With a likely New York-centric presidential race ahead next year and 2009 promising more local political action than perhaps ever before, the list of rising stars may have to get longer—but whatever happens, we are sure the 40 people in the pages that follow will have increasingly major roles to play as it does.
Chad Marlow
President and Founder,
The Public Advocacy Group LLC
Age: 35
Nickname picked: The Altruistic Advocate
Chad Marlow put plans to go into public interest law on hold after his father was hit and severely injured by a drunk driver. To help his family out financially, he spent five years in private practice, while staying politically active as president of the Village Independent Democrats.
When he left the firm to found the Public Advocacy Group, he carried the lessons of his experience there with him, aiming to provide “the same quality that a Fortune 500 company would receive at my previous job. |
Vincent Ignizio, Chad Marlow and Paul Thomas |
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These days, the Drum Major Institute, the Yankees, the Pedicab Owner’s Association and Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión Jr.’s (D) campaign committee are just some who have retained him.
Meanwhile, he has been very vocal about lobbying reform. “It’s in the public’s best interest,” he said. Noting his firm’s commitment to transparency, he added, “and it’s in ours.”
How did your past jobs get you to where you are now? “It taught me how to deliver the very best quality possible.”
What is the first thing you would bring up on your next job interview? “If I’m with a [potential] client, I’d bring this up: our philosophy is ‘only results matter.’”
Five years from now, how is your mail going to be addressed? “President of The Public Advocacy Group.”
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Copyright © 2007 City Hall and Manhattan Media. All Rights Reserved.
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